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No more cable clutter
Cable Tidy units from D-Line are a new way to hide cable
clutter in homes and offices. They are available in two sizes
to hide four-way or six-way socket extension blocks plus
extension leads and all associated cabling and are tall enough
to accommodate transformer plugs. Available in black or
white, they can be placed on or below computer desks.
www.d-line.co.uk/new-site
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The new version of Verdiem’s PC
power management solution, Surveyor
6, extends energy management
beyond PCs and Macs to other
network connected devices running
Cisco EnergyWise, including IP phones,
network routers, switches and power
distribution units (PDUs) that tend
never to be switched off.
Within a typical organisation, IT is
the second largest consumer of energy,
accounting for 25% of total energy
consumption: of this, 50% is consumed
by PCs, Macs, monitors and network-
connected devices.
DavidWest, Head of Verdiem’s EMEA
operations, said: “Verdiem Surveyor has
already helped our customers save over
$200 million in energy costs, achieving
up to 60% savings in desktop power
costs. Now with Surveyor 6 they can
unlock similar energy and cost savings
from their distributed IT devices.”
www.verdiem.com
Verdiem extends energy savings
Small and versatile
PNY’s smallest USB key, the Attaché Evolutive, is the ideal
USB storage solution for tablets, netbooks and laptops.
Unlike most USB devices, data is actually stored on a
removable MicroSD card, allowing the Attaché Evolutive to
be used as a MicroSD card adapter to read cards from other
devices. It also means the user can expand storage capacity
by swapping the supplied MicroSDHC card with one of a
higher capacity. Prices range from £9.99 for the 4GB version
to £32.99 for the 16GB one.
www.PNY.com
Longer lasting data
Better known for its batteries, Duracell is
branching out into USB memory sticks
through a partnership with Dane-Elec,
a manufacturer and distributor of Flash
memory products. The Duracell Small
USB key has a shiny dark metal finish
and is designed to be hooked onto a key
chain. It comes with capacities of 4GB,
8GB, 16GB and 32GB, with prices ranging
from £6.99 to £34.99.
eBeam built-in
NEC Display Solutions is making it easier
to add interactivity to presentations by
integrating Luidia’s eBeam technology into
the projector mounts for its short- and
ultra short-throw projectors. The optional
NP01Wi interactive whiteboard kit is
compatible with NEC’s U Series and
M Short Throw Series projectors.
www.nec-display-solutions.com
Get the signal
T-Mobile and Orange customers can
improve mobile network coverage
indoors by installing the wireless Cel-
Fi RS2 3G signal booster distributed
by Frequency Telecom.
Requiring no external antennae, bulky
cables or building permits, the plug and
play booster continually seeks out the
best available 3G signal in an area of up
to 13,000 square feet for improved call
quality and data throughput and fewer
missed calls. It costs £449.99.
Gareth Limpenny, MD of Frequency
Telecom, said: “As 3G frequencies can
fail to fully permeate the brick walls of a
building, a device that can enhance this
is paramount for uninterrupted business-
quality communication.”
www.cel-fi.co.uk
www.frequencytelecom.co.uk
Data protection on the move
Meeting the data security needs of financial services
organisations and the public sector, the Kingston
DataTraveler 6000 USB Flash drive protects data with
Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2
Level 3 validation and 100% encryption.
The latest product in Kingston’s expanding range of secure
USB drives utilises patented ‘Secured by Spyrus’ technology
which supports 256-bit AES hardware-based encryption using
XTS block cipher mode. The DT6000 also uses ‘military-grade’
elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) recommended by the U.S.
National Security Agency (NSA) as part of its Suite B set of
cryptographic algorithms.
www.kingston.com/ukroot/flash/secure.asp